Assembly Bill A1718

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the offense of false pretense

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A1718 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4789
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §190.22, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9843, S5871
2017-2018: A4970, S2848
2019-2020: A685, S4505
2023-2024: A762, S5769

2021-A1718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the offense of false pretense.

2021-A1718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1718
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing  the  offense
   of false pretense
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "e-impersonation prevention act".
   §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.22 to read
 as follows:
 § 190.22 FALSE PRETENSE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FALSE PRETENSE, WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY  AND
 WITHOUT  CONSENT  IMPERSONATES  ANOTHER PERSON THROUGH OR ON AN INTERNET
 WEBSITE OR BY OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR THE PURPOSES OF HARMING, INTIM-
 IDATING, THREATENING OR DEFRAUDING SUCH OTHER PERSON.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) AN IMPERSONATION IS CREDIBLE IF ANOTHER  PERSON  WOULD  REASONABLY
 BELIEVE  OR  DID  REASONABLY  BELIEVE  THAT  THE DEFENDANT WAS OR IS THE
 PERSON WHO WAS IMPERSONATED.
   (B) "ELECTRONIC MEANS"  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  ACCESSING  OF  AN  E-MAIL
 ACCOUNT,  OR  AN  ACCOUNT  OR  PROFILE  ON  A SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERNET
 WEBSITE IN ANOTHER PERSON'S NAME.
   FALSE PRETENSE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00656-01-1

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